Snatch hitch



A. L. WILLINGHAM ET AL SNATGH H ITCH Filed Nov. 29 1922 13 A .L.WILLINGHAM E. s. TUCKER. a W

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Application and Rovember as, 1922. Serial 801045108.

To all whome't mai/ concern:

Be it known that we, Anus Len WILLING- HAM and S. Truman, citizens ofthe United States, residin at Forsyth, in the county of Monroe and tateof Geor a,have invented certain new anduseful ments in Snatch Hitches,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to draft attach-- ments for tractors, andhas-special reference to a draft attachment for tractors of the Fordsontype.-

More particularly, the invention relates to a draft attachment,'by whichdifierent ve-. hicles and apparatus may be quickly con 7 nected to thetractor.

It has frequently happened that tractors of the Fordson type, inattempting to draw heavy loads have raised at their rent end and fallenover backward, this being because the powerful torque on the rear axlereacts on t e tractor frame, and when the wheels are held stationarywith excessive weight behind the tractor, this reaction turns thetractor frame about the axle instead of driving the entire tractorforward.

One important object of the invention is to provide a novel arrangementof traction attachment for'tractors of this descri tion ont end of thetractor so as to cause the same to fall over will be revented.

In tractors of t e Fordson type, the draft bar or draft eye-is fixed inposition, and many draft poles from farm machinery or trailers, wagonsand the like, have to be brought down to the position of the draft bar.This results frequently in throwing the apparatus to which the tractoris attached out of its pro er position with relation to the road or fied.

A second important object of the present invention is to rovide a draftattachment for tractors of t is type wherein the'drawn vehicle or aparatus maybe attached at any desired heig t so that the vehicle orapparatus may maintain its correct position with relation to the road orfield.

With the above and other objects in View,

as will be hereinafter ap arent, the invenprovewith s ace actors ofreference indicate like parts in the several views, and

Fig. 1 1s a side elevation of the device shownm pos tion on a Fordsontractor, the

- latter being shown in light outline only.

Fig. 2 is a 1plan view of the device, also showing its re ation to thatpart of the trac- V tor to which it is' attached.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device removed from the. tractor.

In the form of the invention herein disclosed, there is provided a heavybar ofmetal which tapers throughout its length, the wider and 0 this barbeing indicate at 10, and rovided adjacent its extremity. with Thisseveral lt receiving openings 11. wider end is formed to rest beneath,at its forward end, the draw bar 12 of the tractor T. Furthermore, thisportion 10 extends downwardl and rearwardly from the draw bar 12, an istwistedat its lower end and extended vertically upward in a portion 13.

constit'utin a clevis bar. The portion 10 thus constitutes a trailmember somewhat similar to the trail found on field guns and the like,while the clevis bar extends vertimember. Fixed beneath the lower rearend of the trail member and to the rear of the clevis bar 13, is a shoe14, which is secured in position by suitable bolts 15. The clevis bar 13is bolt receiving openings 16, and throng one of these 0 nings, as maselected, fastens a bolt 1 On each si e of the clevis bar on this bolt,are located eyes 18 of lower brace members 19, which extend forwardlyfrom the clevis bar, and are provided at their forward ends withhorizontal eyes 20 adapted for positioning in alinement for certainofthe' openings 11. The eyes 20 lie, when the device is attached, abovethe draw bar 12 of the tractor, and bolts 21 ass through these eyes, theopenings in the raw bar- 12 and through the openin 11, thus connectingthe trail member ii clevis bar firmly with the draw bar 12.

Through a second selected 0 ning 16 passes a second bolt 22, and on t eeyes ofthis belt are receivi eyes 23 of the up r brace members 24, w ichextend forwa l and have their forward ends arcuate y curved as at 25,these curved portions being provided with spaced bolt receiving openings26. The curvature of the ortions 25 dprovided throughout itslength issuch that they will fit against t e opposite Y sides of the differentialhousin flanges 27 so that the securin bolts 28 0 these flanges may bealso use for the securing of these curved'ends to the differentialhousing. It will be obvious from Figure 1, that a construction such asthis provides a vertical clevis bar which is held rearwardly of thetractor in a firm and rigid manner, and which will act, in the event ofthe front wheels of the tractor risin from the ground, to en age theround tot e rear of the rear whee s, and t us prevent the tractortopplin over backwards. For the pur ose of quic ly hooking and unhookinga ve icle or piece of machinery to the clevis bar, there is provided aclevis link 29, which is secured in desired position on the clevis barby means of a bolt 30 passing through one of the remaining boltreceiving openings 16. Thus the clevis link ma be ad usted up or downthe clevis bar, an the draft brought at the desired position, both forits effect on the tractor and for its effect on the vehicle or machinerywhich is being drawn.

There has thus been provided a simple and eflicient device of the kinddescribed and for the purpose specified.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. An attachment for tractors comprisin a trail member rigidlyattachable to an adapted to extend rearwardly and downwardly from thetractor frame, a clevis bar extending upwardly from the lower rear endof the trail member, and .braces having their rear ends adjustablyattached to the upper part of the clevis bar and their front endsattachable above the attachment of said member to the tractor frame.

2. An attachment for tractors comprising a-trail member adapted toextend rearwardly aseacee and downwardl from the draft bar of a tractor,a clevis ar extending upward from the lower end of the trail member,braces having their rear ends adjustably attached to the up er part ofthe clevis bar and their front en s attachable to the tractor, and otherbraces connecting the front end of the trail member with the clevis barabove its junction with the trail member.

3. An attachment for tractors of the Fordson type comprising a trailmember having openings in its forward end adapted to receive boltspassing through the bolt openings in the tractor draw bar, said trailmember being ada ted to extend rearwardly and downwardly rom the saiddraw bar, a clevis bar pro'ecting vertically upward from the rear en ofsaid trail member and provided with a series of bolt receiving openings,a pair of brace members each having an eye at each end, the eyes at therear ends of saidv brace members bein alined with a selected boltopening in the c evis bar, the eyes at the other ends of said bracemembers bein alined above the openings in the front end of the trailmember, a bolt passing throu h the rear eyes of said brace members and te selected opening in the clevis bar, a second bolt passing through asecond selected opening in the clevis bar, a second pair of brace.

members having eyes at their rear ends through which the second boltpasses, and

curved ends on the front of the brace memher to fit alongside thedifferential casi flange, said ends being provided with space 0 eningsfor receiving the ends of certain differential casing bolts of thetractor.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aifix our signatures.

ARUE LEE WUJLINGHAM. ELMER S. rooms.

